Jim Carrey dedicated his debut novel and New York Times best-seller Memoirs and Misinformation to his brother John Carrey, who passed away in 2019.
On Wednesday’s episode of the Daily Show, the actor, writer and comedian told host Trevor Noah why he decided to devote his book of real and fictional Hollywood encounters to his sibling, who died of aplastic anemia. “I wanted to let the world know I had a very special brother,” Carrey told Noah.
The Kidding star recalled his brother’s experience with the blood disease. He said his brother owned the disease “like a champion” throughout his entire life and never allowed it to limit him. “He was on death’s door from the time he was four years old until 60,” Carrey said of his brother.
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